# F-15 Strike Eagle II

10 Hacker News commenters recommended F-15 Strike Eagle II and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Reverse-engineered reconstruction of the classic DOS game, aiming for faithful behaviour; people recall fond childhood play. Caveat: you need the original manual.

## Why people recommend it

- Nostalgia from childhood play (3 comments): "I grew up on F-15 Strike Eagle II, and unfortunately my copy has long since degraded." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48612777)) "we played it so incessantly that his Mum banned him from playing it over the modem" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613659)) "this was one that I played a lot as a kid!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48610524))
- Faithful reconstruction of original game (2 comments): "The F-15 project does that: the aim is the reconstruction of the original game, down to the opcodes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48611122)) "so far everything seems to work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48609943))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Microsoft Flight Simulator](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-flight-simulator.md): 20 recommend
- [Passenger-perspective flight simulator](https://hackerapproved.com/p/show-hn-flight-simulator-where-you-are-a-passenger.md): 19 recommend
- [Comanche by NovaLogic](https://hackerapproved.com/p/comanche.md): 10 recommend
- [Google Flight Simulator](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-flight-simulator.md): 8 recommend
- [DCS World](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dcs-world.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "F-15 Strike Eagle II", https://hackerapproved.com/p/f-15-strike-eagle-ii/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).